LAWS1052 - Comprehensive Study Notes

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These are extremely comprehensive study notes covering ALL of the content in the LAWS1052 ('Introduction to Law and Justice') course at the University of New South Wales. The following topics are covered: - Introducing ILJ - Briefing a case, the concept of jurisdiction, the doctrine of precedent and courts in action - The importance of statute law and an introduction to statutory interpretation - The courts in action: jurisdiction, hierarchy, adversarialism and the court experience - The idea of law in the English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution; rule of law revisited - The impact of English heritage and law on Indigenous people - Precedent and approaches to judicial decision making - Classifying Australian law - Mabo, the independent development of Australian common law and Indigenous traditions - The modern legal profession and social justice - Judicial decision-making in an age of statute; justice and the rule of law - Intentional torts: battery, assault and false imprisonment - Defences to intentional torts: consent and necessity - The rise of the tort of negligence through precedent - Statutory interpretation All course readings and relevant precedents are also included within the notes, with a majority derived from Prue Vines' 'Law and Justice in Australia'. This course was studied and includes all content from Weeks 1 to 12 of Trimester 1 of 2024.